Summary (English)
In trench III excavation continued of the extension towards the west, documenting (below medieval house B) the late antique levels of the vicus which crossed the decumanus maximus on a north-south alignment. The cleaning began of house C, situated south of house B. Investigations in the portico sector of the Roman domus was all but completed, except for finishing the removal of the fill from a large sewer. On an east-west alignment, it preceded the domus and can be dated to the late Republican period. Finally, excavation of the hortus or open-air courtyard south of the residential building was completed.
In Trench IV excavation of the late medieval building continued in the east sector, where two pits were uncovered and partially excavated. The first of the pits was partially obliterated by the construction of the late medieval wall of large, ovoid blocks. Its fill produced a large amount of waste material from pottery production. In room 2, the medieval building with a central pillar, various layers were removed in order to uncover the bench.
In Trench V, to the exterior of the North Room, the layers relating to the timber phase were removed and two “a cassone” burials revealed from which the skeletal remains had been removed. The burials attest an earlier phase of non-residential use of the area. In the interior of the room, two post holes found abutting the tower (USM 5004) seem to attest the reuse of the walled structures of the late medieval fortification with timber structures.
- Carlo Pavolini - Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Dipartimento di Scienze del Mondo Antico 
- Elisabetta De Minicis - Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Dipartimento di Scienze del Mondo Antico 
Director
Team
- Alessandra Spina
- Annamaria Villari
- Donatella De Bernardis
- Flora Scaia
- Giuseppe Romagnoli
- Tamara Patilli
- Teresa Leone
Research Body
- Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Dipartimento di Scienze del Mondo Antico
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